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2021 Federal Funding Landscape
February 17, 2021
Presenters
Megan Blondin Christopher Fisher
Executive Director Principal
Youth Collaboratory Spinnaker Government
Relations
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Agenda • Overview of 2021 federal funding • 2021 funding highlights & estimated release dates • Top 3 strategies to secure federal awards • What to expect in fiscal year 2022 • Q&A
Federal Funding: FY21 & COVID-19
Overview
The 2021 Federal Fiscal Year began on October 1, 2020.
However, FY2021 funding was not finalized until December 27, 2020.
Federal agencies operated under temporary funding between Oct. 1 and
Dec. 27.
Federal agencies are releasing FY2021 grants, while Congress works on
COVID Relief, FY2022 appropriations, and Economic
Stimulus/Recovery.
Key Terms Budget ≠ Appropriations Budget = Your credit card limit. Appropriations = The act of using your credit card for an expense. “The President’s Budget” is not a real budget, it is only a request to Congress.
Key Terms Continued Reconciliation = Process by which Congress can spend money, but not enact policy changes.* COVID Relief = "The American Rescue Act" current under negotiation in the House. Appropriations = The annual process of funding regular governmental functions. Stimulus Bill = An economic recovery/infrastructure package and the next step in Biden-Harris' COVID agenda.
Fiscal Year 2021 Funding (secured in calendar year 2020)
FY2021 Funding Levels
Youth Collab’s Approps priorities
Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) = $137M an increase of $5 million.
Youth Mentoring Grants (YMG) = $100M an increase of $3 million.
Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) = $82M an
increase of $2 million.FY2021 HHS Funding Levels
Health and Human Service (HHS) programs FY20 Final FY21 Final
RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH 132.4 136.78
(BCS | TLP | MGH) (113.8) (116.78)
(Street Outreach Programs) (18.6) (20.0)
COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD ABUSE PREV. 56 61
HEAD START 10,613 10,748
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 740 745
PROJECTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION
64 64
FROM HOMELESSNESS (PATH)
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 1,700 1,700FY2021 HUD Funding Levels
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
FY20 Final FY21 Final
programs
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 2,777 3,000
(Youth Homelessness Demonstration
(80) (82)
Program)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 3,425 3,450FY2021 DOJ Funding Levels Department of Justice (DOJ) FY20 Final FY21 Final YOUTH MENTORING GRANTS 97 100 TITLE V DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 42 49 PART B – STATE FORMULA GRANTS 63 67 MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN 87.5 94
FY2021 DoED Funding Levels
Department of Education (DoED) FY20 Final FY21 Final
EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
102 107
& YOUTH
21st CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING
1,250 1,260
CENTERS
Title I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATION
16,309 16,536
AGENCIES
TRIO 1,090 1,097
GEAR UP 365 368FY2021 DOL Funding Levels
Department of Labor (DOL) FY20 Final FY21 Final
WIOA YOUTH ACTIVITIES
913 921
YOUTHBUILD
95 97
REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
98 100FY2021 Funding Instructions RHY – "The Committee supports the ability of grantees to provide prevention services, such as counseling and case management, regardless of enrollment in residential services" + anti-discrimination instructions. YMG – "OJJDP is expected to maintain expanded eligibility for local mentoring programs, particularly in rural areas, unaffiliated with national mentoring organizations. OJP and OJJDP are also expected to collaborate with mentoring stakeholders to expand youth mentoring services in rural areas inordinately affected by substance abuse and that are considered at- risk." YHDP – Distribution of best practices; rural challenges; and coordinated entry.
FY2021 Federal Forecasts & Open Funding
Opportunities
Youth Collaboratory’s website offers a new federal grants page.
Includes:
How-to video on using Grants.gov to
access forecasted grant opportunities
for some agencies
Links to federal agencies’ available funding
opportunities for FY2021FY2021 Federal Forecasts & Open Funding
Opportunities
HHS – Late Spring/Early Summer
HUD – Spring/Summer
• YHDP Rounds 4,5 and 6 are likely released together by mid-Spring
DoL – Winter/Spring
DoJ – Winter/Spring
• National Mentoring and Multi-state Mentoring RFA close April 6;
• Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids closes April 13.Top 3
Strategies to
Secure Federal
Awards#3: Get Ahead of it
What often happens: How to avoid this:
• Start planning grant development • Start planning early
tasks after funding announcement • Identify the grant development
is released team and roles
• Grant writing amongst a thousand • Review prior funding
other deadlines and busy announcements for
schedules consistencies in criteria
• Update material from 3 years
ago (or more)
Grant Development Work Plan Template: https://bit.ly/3q62NJ0#2: Criteria Above All Else
What often happens: How to avoid this:
• Application doesn’t follow the • Follow the criteria EXACTLY
criteria • Don’t just name it, explain it
• Repeat criteria • Ensure every paragraph relates to
• Omit a direct response to criteria the criteria and shows reviewers
HOW it is relevant#1: Objective Review PRIOR to Submission What often happens: How to avoid this: • Rely on previous performance • Complete an objective review • Rely on previous success • Use more than one person • Assume reviewer knowledge and • Engage a qualified reviewer for responsibilities that specific federal department
Proposal Review Service
• Objective review of full draft of your proposal by experienced Federal
reviewers
• Suggestions for how to more fully address EACH criteria
• Single Review includes:
• Our evaluation checklist
• One round of individualized feedback
• Double Review includes:
• Two rounds of individualized feedback, with time in between to
make updates based on first review
Learn more: youthcollaboratory.org/grant-proposal-reviewsProposal Review Service Client Success: • 30-35% of HHS RHY awardees use our services • 100% of double reviewed proposals were funded • 92% of proposals we reviewed were funded • 93% of organizations who used our services received at least one award Learn More: youthcollaboratory.org/grant-proposal-reviews
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Individualized coaching on grant writing as you develop your proposal:
• Guidance through the grant writing process
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• Participation includes:
• Our evaluation checklist
• Two 30-minute phone consultants with experts
• Individualized feedback on each section of the proposal, as they are
written
• 60% discount on single proposal review
Learn more: youthcollaboratory.org/services/grant-writingGrant Writing Webinars
Events to prepare you for the federal FY21 grant writing season,
including:
• 5/13*: Street Outreach Program: Developing a Competitive Application
• 5/20*: Basic Center Program: Developing a Competitive Application
• 5/25*: Transitional Living Program/ Maternity Group Home: Developing
a Competitive Application
* Dates subject to change, based on release of funding announcements
Learn more: youthcollaboratory.org/eventsWhat to Expect: • COVID Relief • FY2022 • Stimulus Bill
COVID Funding (to date) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response …......................... $8B Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ............... $192B "CARES" Act ...............................,.......................................... $2,200B Paycheck Protection Program & Healthcare Enhancement ... $483B COVID Relief Act .................................................................... $900B
COVID Funding (to date)
Youth Collab’s COVID priorities
$25M for RHY in the CARES Act March.
$4B for Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), with flexibilities in March.
Youth Collab and peers developed ESG guidance for local administrators.
$25B in Rental Assistance in December.
Federal eviction moratorium and extension in March & December.What to Expect: COVID Relief $1.9 trillion (with a ‘T’) package currently being negotiated. Congress will use ‘reconciliation’ to bypass the Senate’s filibuster.
What to Expect: COVID Relief
Components under consideration:
• $19 billion in rental assistance (in addition to $25B in Dec.)
• $5 billion for emergency housing vouchers
• $5 billion to assist people who are homeless with immediate and
longer-term assistance
• $9.96 billion for homeowner assistance
• $5 billion in utility assistance
• $100 million for housing counselingWhat to Expect: COVID Relief
COVID Relief Timeline:
Congress will attempt to complete before March 14.
House vote next week?
Then the Senate will consider under expediated process.What to Expect: FY2022 Appropriations The “skinny” version of President Biden’s FY22 Budget Request should be released in February. Release of the Budget Request typically kickstarts the FY22 Appropriations process. Appropriations "keep the lights on."
What to Expect: FY2022
Federal agencies
Start of Fiscal
& OMB (Aug. -
Year (Oct. 1)
Jan.)
The
Budget
&
Appropriations
Appropriations
POTUS Budget
Cycle Hearings/Markups
(Apr. - Jul.)
(Feb.)
Congressional
Budgets (Mar.)What to Expect: The Approps Cycle
President's Budget Request
House Budget Senate Budget
Hearings/Markup Hearings/Markup
Floor Vote Floor Vote
Conference Committee (merging differences)
POTUS' signature (or not)What to Expect: FY2022
February, March, and April are the best times to engage in
appropriations advocacy.
Advocate early and often!
All advocacy is local!What to Expect: Stimulus Bill Infrastructure and Economic Recovery package, the "Christmas Tree" of DC spending bills. Likely to also require reconciliation. Dems fear doing "too little" to restart the economy. Insight into the Biden economic philosophy from the NYTimes Magazine.
What to Expect: In Summary There will likely be three BIG federal funding packages this year impacting future funding: 1) COVID Relief ~ $1.9T 2) FY22 Appropriations ~ $1.2T 3) COVID Economic Recovery and Infrastructure ~ $1–2T
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Megan Blondin Christopher Fisher
Executive Director Spinnaker Government Relations
megan@youthcollaboratory.org christopher.fisher@spinnakergr.com
412-366-6562
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